Francis Bacon Quotes Page 2

I will never be an old man. To me, old
age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis BaconAge |

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
Francis Bacon Fate |

There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the
mirror that reflects it.
Francis BaconInspirational Quotes |

Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion
certain, unless the mind discovers it by the
path of experience.
Francis BaconExperience |

Religion being the chief band of human society, it is a happy thing,
when itself is well contained within the true
band of unity.
Francis Bacon, Essays Happy |

Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the
cause is not known the effect cannot be produced.
Francis Bacon, The New OrganonWise |

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
Francis Bacon Beauty |

For the discovery of a man's self, by the tracts of his countenance,
is a great weakness and
betraying; by how much it is many times more marked,
and believed, than a man's words.
Francis Bacon, EssaysBelieve |

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy;
but in passing it over, he is superior.
Francis BaconGraduation |

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and
some few to be chewed and digested.
Francis BaconBook Quotes |

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
Francis BaconHonesty |

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand;
he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both;
but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand
and pulls down with the other.
Francis BaconGood |